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Illustration of Carlo Quintanilla, a health science policy analyst at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, at his desk creating a report (right monitor) that summarizes the impact of policies based on data about them that he has researched (left monitor).
What Does a Career in Science Policy Entail?
Science policy helps shape research and funding; science policy analysts evaluate these policies to ensure they support scientific progress and innovation.
What Does a Career in Science Policy Entail?
What Does a Career in Science Policy Entail?

Science policy helps shape research and funding; science policy analysts evaluate these policies to ensure they support scientific progress and innovation.

Science policy helps shape research and funding; science policy analysts evaluate these policies to ensure they support scientific progress and innovation.

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Nathalie Fuentes, a senior scientist at AstraZeneca, is shown completing two of her roles: on the left, she prepares regulatory paperwork for a new drug, while on the right, she documents information from stability testing a new drug.
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Jotham Austin, the advanced electron microscopy core director at the University of Chicago, stands in the facility beside an EM instrument, helping a student who is sitting at the computer.
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Jotham Austin opted for a director of a core facility position to combine his love for electron microscopy, teaching, and technique development.
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